A female employee was found dead at the residence late Tuesday night by other staff

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Updated: 6:24 PM EST Jan 4, 2017

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WEBVTT TO THESHERIFF ABOUT THE ARREST.>> Reporter: THIS IS THEHOME WHERE DEPUTIES SAY AWOMAN WAS STABBED TODEATH.YOU CAN STILL SEE SOME OFTHE YELLOW POLICE TAPE INTHE TRASH CAN.THE HARDIN COUNTY SHERIFFSAYS 66-YEAR-OLD SALLYBERRY WAS A REST CAREWORKER.ONE OF THE CLIENTS THATUSED AT THE HOME USED AKITCHEN KNIFE TO STAB HERTO DEATH.POLICE ARRESTED HIM EARLYTHIS MORNING.HE IS CHARGED WITHMURDER.THE SHERFF SAYSCUNNINGHAM ADMITTED TO THECRIME.>> EVERYBODY AT THATRESIDENCE WAS INTERVIEWEDAND ALL EVIDENCE WASCOLLECTED SO IT,EVERYTHING DIDN'T HAPPENALL AT ONCE.UPON HIS INTERVIEW HE DIDADMIT TO THE MURDER.>> REST CARE IS A COMPANYTHAT PROVIDES SERVICES TOPEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.THEY TELL ME THEY ARESADDENED BY THE LOSS OFTHEIR EMPLOYEE, AND THEYARE COOPERATING WITH THEINVESTIGATION.

Group home resident charged with killing worker

A female employee was found dead at the residence late Tuesday night by other staff

A sheriff says a man who lived at a group home in central Kentucky has been charged with murder in the slaying of a woman who worked there.

Hardin County Sheriff John Ward said three clients were at a ResCare home when 66-year-old employee Sally Berry was killed. The company provides services to people with disabilities, according to its website.

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Another employee arriving to relieve Berry found her just before 11 p.m. at the home.

Lindale Cunningham, 32, told deputies at the scene that he stabbed Berry, according to an arrest report. Police said he also admitted in an interview at the sheriff's office that he stabbed her.

ResCare issued a statement Wednesday morning: "ResCare is deeply saddened by this very tragic loss of one of our own employees, and we extend our sympathy to the family for the loss of their loved one.

According to court documents, Cunningham was arrested in 2014 for threatening two workers at the Bryan Street home. Court documents show the charges were dropped later that year.

Cunningham is being held at the Hardin County jail on a $500,000 bond.